Hey all,

Looks like we’ve lined up a hell of a lot of Audio Terrorism for the Jigs and Rigs Festival on Rathlin Island this weekend.

If you’re interested in coming along, head over to the Force 10 website to book a ticket. All profits are going towards the Hill of Tara campaign.

This year we’re teaming up with Deviant, a crew based in Belfast (and there’s a chance that we’ll have a few of the Tír na gCasta heads playing with us as well. Other than that we’ve got a whole load of Alphabet Set, Invisible Agent and our own assorted noise makers.

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Times subject to change!

This Saturday 28th July there will be a fundraiser in the Legal Eagle beside the Four Courts, Dublin. The gig is to raise money for the protesters on the site. Admission is €8, 9pm till late.

Line up:

Joe (Tir na gCasta, Cork)

Baz (Dratpak, Dundalk)

Marq (Live audio visual set)

Wow, what a nice midweek night out! The gig was great, thanks so much to everyone.. to Enda Firehouse, T-woc, Soundman Soro, BlueFood, Melody Masher, Warren Daly, everyone who came, and of course, Shelly, who put the whole thing together. It was a lovely crowd, great vibe, a nice decompression session for those of us who were at the Mantua festival at the weekend.

Great to see so many familiar faces from there at this gig. As a fundraiser, it went very well for us, we can’t believe it, we’re so appreciative. For those of you who are curious, the money raised will go into diesel for the journey and for 3 days worth of gennies, the (expensive) ferry fare involved in moving a 7 meter van across to the island, and food and sundries for a (potentially ramshackle) communal kitchen we are working at getting in order for the festival.

If you haven’t done it yet, get on over to the Force 10 website and book your tickets asap. Then get moving and book your place on the ferry, or make an arrangement with one of the other boat crews as detailed on the Force 10 site.

Although a ticketed event this year, Jigs n Rigs 2007 is a non profit event, and any proceeds from the festival will go straight into the Save Tara Campaign, a cause close to our own hearts, and of course, we will absolutely follow suit: if we end up with any spare money.. that’s where it’s going.

Massive thanks again to everyone, book them tickets, and we’ll see ye in the field!

In anticipation of the coming Jigs and Rigs Festival, we’ve dug out an old video from the last one – back in 2004. Enjoy!

Well slap my ass and call me Susan, if it isn’t an update! We have been disgracefully quiet here and in hibernation for the last while or was it a coma, not sure, anyway the point is we’re here now, it’s the thought that counts after all.

What is it that has risen us from our sleep like state? Well it’s none other than the wondrous event that is Jigs and Rigs. That’s right the good people at Force 10 are doing their fantastic festival on Rathlin Island and we are delighted to have been asked back once again, one sniff of Rathlin and we’re ready for action. This year we’re going to be hooking up with Tír Na gCasta and Deviant.

This year the festival will be a ticketed event in order to try and control numbers, ticket prices are a paltry £20 and can be purchased from the Force 10 website, all proceeds go to the campaign to save the Hill of Tara, a very worthy cause. For full details and to purchase tickets check out the Force 10 website.

In the meantime we are doing a fund-raiser to help us make it to Rathlin as we’re totally skint. If you’re in Dublin on the 18th July, come along to 4 Dame Lane for a night of quality reggae / dub / dancehall / electronica / breakcore and much much more brought to you by some of the top DJs and producers Dublin has to offer; Enda, T-woc, Soundman Soro, BlueFood and Melody Masher with visuals by Warren Daly. Rumour has it that there may even be a raffle, it’s going to be more fun than you can shake a stick at.

Quick update… there is some discussion starting here on Indymedia.ie about the Take Back the City event, and RTS in Ireland in general. If you’re interested in RTS Ireland, and where there is for it to go, have a read, and have your say.

Well, “Take Back the City” turned into a pretty standard RTS really, but it was hellafun! We really enjoyed our day.

So much thanks goes to: the man with the wee van, the RTS people (or whoever it was organised the day), all the folk who gave to the whiparound, the Gardaí for being so chilled and nice (seriously, nice one, lads and lassies of “The Force”), all the crazy dancin kids, random DJs, and a huge mega-special-thank-you to the fabulous bringers of coffee and biscuits.

The vibrators weren’t actually ours.. but we did enjoy them. Photos now up (not just of the vibrators).

There’s an event happening in Dublin City this Saturday in an RTS stylee, with more improvisation and arty stuff. We may make a musical appearance. Read a discussion about it at this link or just come along and check it out. Meeting at the spire at 2 pm on Saturday.

Our good friends at Larchill are having their annual Art in Arcadia event this weekend. The gardens are well worth a visit anytime, but once a year they play host to an enchanting exhibition of young emerging artists’ works, all inspired by the magnificent surroundings of the gardens. Add some live traditional music and entertainment, and you’ve got a fantastic day out for all the family. The event will be on from 12-6pm on Saturday and Sunday (9, 10 July), admission is €8.50 for adults, cheaper for kids.

Note: There will be NO Audio-Terrorism at this event. But there will be big hairy cows.

A huge thanks to Tír na gCasta and the Muddy crew, savage party altogether. Fair dos to yiz for being so persistent and finally finding a perfect spot after the 3 other sites. Thanks to all the lifters, music providers, litter collectors, amusing characters and of course our van driver without whom we’d never have gotten our rig there. Photos now up in the photos section. more to come…